Are you passionate about creating advertising that not only informs but also transforms lives within the healthcare sector?

At Havas Lynx, a global advertising agency at the forefront of healthcare communications, we combine unmatched creativity, extensive expertise, and a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical and healthcare field. Our communications resonate deeply with audiences and adhere to the highest standards of healthcare advertising.

Committed to driving meaningful change—a change built on a foundation of rich experience, inspired by innovation, and confirmed through our proven track record—we work in close partnership with healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and leading pharmaceutical brands to navigate the complex challenges of today's healthcare landscape. Our approach blends strategic insights and deep scientific acumen with cutting-edge creativity and digital innovation, crafting campaigns and solutions that significantly improve people's lives.

We’re a team of over 400+ people in Manchester and London, with a history spanning over 35 years and an ever-evolving future. You can get a feel for the #LYNXLife through our YouTube #LYNXLife playlist, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Everything this company achieves—every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins—is down to everyone who works here.

Please note that this role is based in Manchester, and our current hybrid working arrangement requires office attendance on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Summary of the Role

We’re looking for a Data & Automation Engineer to join our AI team. This hybrid technical role blends coding expertise with advanced low-code orchestration to design, build, and maintain data pipelines and automated workflows that power our AI initiatives. Reporting to the Head of AI, you’ll play a critical role in connecting agency systems with Generative AI models, ensuring secure, efficient, and accurate data flow.

What You Can Expect to Be Doing:

• Design and deploy sophisticated automation workflows using tools like n8n and Dify.
• Develop custom scripts (Python/JavaScript) for complex logic and data manipulation.
• Engineer API integrations to connect internal tools with AI endpoints.
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines for data cleaning and structuring.
• Monitor and troubleshoot live automations to optimize performance.
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical teams to identify and solve bottlenecks.
• Validate AI outputs through automated testing and quality assurance.
• Champion automation adoption across the agency by demonstrating time-saving benefits.

This Role Could Be a Great Fit for You If:

• You have strong coding skills in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• You’re experienced with workflow orchestration tools like n8n or Dify.
• You understand RESTful APIs, authentication protocols, and data handling (SQL, JSON).
• You’re efficiency-obsessed, detail-oriented, and love solving problems.
• You enjoy collaborating with diverse teams and documenting processes clearly.
• You’re curious about emerging AI technologies and passionate about continuous learning.

What you can expect from us

A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.

You can also expect a whole host of benefits, including:

• Hybrid Working – 3 days in the office (flexible working options are available for in-office days)
• Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service
• Option to buy, carry or sell holidays
• Early Friday finish throughout the year
• Seasonal working hours
• Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme
• Extensive L&D support
• Sabbatical opportunities
• Season ticket interest free loans for travel
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Company pension scheme
• Fully compensated company events
• Volunteer days
• Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more
• +Medicash healthcare benefit
• 24/7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme

Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.